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Show Butler's Stolen Fee. Tho Into Hon, Joseph Q. Iloyt, formerly for-merly of lloHton, when a lad attended a circus nnd his silver watch was stolon. Tho supposed thlof was arrested, ar-rested, and was defunded by Ilunja-mln Ilunja-mln F. Ilutler, who proved ho did not take tho watch, and never was at tho circus, During tho civil war Iloyt was Introduced In-troduced to Ilutler at a dinner at the Astor houso. In New York, nnd thn Intter romarkod- "This Is tho flrst tlmo I have had tho ploasuro of meeting meet-ing you," "Oh, no!" said Iloyt, who thon related re-lated tho circus Incident "Was that you, Iloyt?" nskod Ilutler, Ilut-ler, nnd, being nnawored In tho affirmative, af-firmative, Ilutler laughed and said: "Thnt was au awful good watch, Iloyt That Is all I got for defending Uie thief," |